Harold Pinter's Moonlight: Melancholy Drama at The Studio Theatre

The Studio Theatre presents Moonlight, Harold Pinter's poetic meditation on family and mortality. As a stern patriarch lays dying, his wife tries to bring his estranged sons to his bedside; holding the two sides of the family together is the dead girl haunting all of their memories.

It was beautifully done, acted and spoken by all. I understand it may be difficult to grasp the structure of the play and the connections of the scenes. But attention pays off in this wonderful Pinter work which is able to reflect inwardly and...continued

Description

_Moonlight

_by Harold Pinter

directed by Joy Zinoman

starring Ted van Griethuysen

Pinter’s poetic meditation on familial love, estrangement and mortality emerges as a heartbreakingly relevant tale of startling proportions. As a stern patriarch lays dying, his wife desperately tries to bring his two estranged sons to his bedside. Holding the two sides of the family together is the dead girl haunting all of their memories. Both comical and melancholy, Moonlight hovers in the space between life and death, family and isolation.